Digitize a Series of Vectors Using Digital Takeoff

  1. Open a job in the Manage Earthwork Estimates screen.
  2. Select the Takeoff tab, if it is not already active.
  3. In the Active Layer field on the toolbar, click to select the layer for which you want to digitize a line.
    Note: You cannot digitize vectors in the substrata layer.
  4. In the Elevation field on the toolbar, enter the elevation of the line you are about to digitize.
  5. In the Interval field on the toolbar, enter the number of feet or meters by which to increase or decrease the elevation for each subsequent line you digitize or when you click in the Elevation field.
  6. Click Vector on the speedbar to enable vector functionality (if not already enabled).
  7. In the vector layers window, select the vector layers that contain the vectors you want to digitize.
  8. Do one following to select multiple vectors:
    • Click Select on the speedbar, hold the Shift key, and left-click on the vectors you want to digitize.
    • Click Multi on the speedbar and left-click on the vectors you want to digitize.
  9. Complete the annotation by right-clicking or by clicking Finished on the speedbar.
    Note: To complete the annotation without increasing/decreasing the interval, click Continue on the speedbar instead of Finished.